Daily Archives: April 6, 2017
Should Manchester Make Schools a City Department, Like Public Works, Police or Fire?
As reported Wednesday by the New Hampshire Union Leader, aldermen voted late Tuesday night to put a question on the municipal election ballot next November asking voters if they favor making the school district a city department — and putting … Continue reading
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Tagged Manchester, School Board
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NH Senate Goes after NHMA in Bill to Certify Town Elections
The [NH State] Senate voted 21-2 today to pass a bill designed to allow towns that postponed town or school elections, due to the March 14 snow storm, to ratify the results. … Sen. Dan Feltes, D-Concord, opposed the bill … Continue reading
Posted in Elections, Legislation, Local NH Politics, New Hampshire News, Union Leader
Tagged NH Senate, NHMA
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Whomever Approved This Title Knows Nothing About Being “Armed to the Teeth”
If you hadn’t heard a man in Salem shot himself in the basement of a home that exploded. Searchers discovered some weapons, obviously. And while the media has reported on the explosion, the suicide, the man’s debts, a few booby … Continue reading
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Why French Fries Are More of a “Superfood” Than Kale
Just in time for lunch. ‘The term “superfoods” is at best meaningless and at worst harmful,’ Catherine Collins, chief dietician at St George’s Hospital in London, told The Guardian. ‘There are so many wrong ideas about superfoods that I don’t … Continue reading
Undermining the First Amendment in the Name of “Health Care”
As I write this, Congress is about to take a vote on doing something-or-another with Obamacare: repeal, replace, whatever. I’m not sure they know what they’re doing, despite good intentions all around. In all the tinkering, I am not hearing … Continue reading
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Mark Steyn: The Big Shut-Up
Over the weekend, I swung by Judge Jeanine’s show to talk about one of the most malign trends of our time: the ever more open refusal by one side to permit those on the other side to speak. As I … Continue reading
Intolerant Democrats Ask Teachers To Destroy Books
Three senior House Democrats asked U.S. teachers Monday to destroy a book written by climate scientists challenging the environmentalist view of global warming. The Democrats were responding to a campaign by the conservative Heartland Institute copies of the 2015 book, “Why … Continue reading
Judge Rules Against Mike Gill in Defamation Lawsuit
A judge has ruled in favor of attorney Alex Walker in his defamation lawsuit against a mortgage broker who in posts on an electronic billboard has repeatedly accused Walker and other local business leaders of criminal activity. Superior Court Judge … Continue reading
Man Shot in Leg at Sig Sauer’s Epping Training Facility
Police and rescue personnel responded to the training facility at 233 Exeter Road just before noon after receiving a report of a man with a gunshot wound to his lower right calf. Police Capt. Jason Newman said the accidental shooting … Continue reading
Time to Stop an Anti-Gun Fish and Game Commissioner
After I sent my email about the Fish and Game Department, I received notes from several NHFC Members telling me about how they have been entrapped or forced to admit to alleged hunting violations by overly aggressive, anti-gun Conservation Officers. … Continue reading
The New Media Militia 